Pipe-framed metal wheelbarrows or the like



March 25 1924.

E. SCHOFIELD PIPE FRAMED METAL WHEELBARROW on THE LIKE Filed Feb. 14 1920 Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

EDGAR SCHOFIELD, OF LONG LAVVFOB-D, ENGLAND.

PIPE-FRAMED METAL WHEELBARRQVJ S OR THE LIKE.

Application filed February T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDGAR SoHoFInLD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Long Lawford, England, have in vented a new and useful Improvement Relating to Pipe-Framed Metal lVheelbarrows or the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to metal wheelbarrows of the kind in which the body is supported or carried in a framework composed of metal pipe or tubing and the primary object is to provide improved means for protecting the pipe frame at these points where it comes into contact with the ground thereby lengthening the life of the barrow.

In barrows of the kind referred to the framework at the parts which constitute the foot portion of the leg is subject to more or less rough and destructive wear and it often happens that the leg or foot portions become much damaged before the other parts of the barrow are worn to any appreciable extentv Now the present invention is devised with a view to preventing or minimizing the disadvantages attending the aforesaid deterioration of the leg or foot portions of the pipe or tubular framing and to this end it comprises a shoe or shield adapted for ready application to the foot portion so as to protect the tubing from contact with the ground.

The said shoe is detachably secured to the barrow so as to enable worn shoes to be replaced as occasion may require.

One practical embodiment o-fthe invent-ion is illustrated in the accompanying drawings to which reference will now be made for the purpose of describing more fully the manner in which the invention may be readily carried into effect.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the shoe or shield in position upon the foot portion of the leg of a barrow.

Figure 2 is an end elevation corresponding to Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional plane correspondr to Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing in dotted outline a barrow having my shoe or shoes applied thereto.

The body of the barrow. is indicated by 14, 1820. Serial No. 358,751.

the reference numeral 1 the leg portions by 2 and the shoes by 3. In the preferred construction of the shoes each of these is formed as shown as a curved trough or channel adapted to receive the correspondingly curved foot portion of the leg 2 of the. frame when the shoe is slipped or pressed thereon and in order to secure the shoe in position it is formed with upstanding lugs l whereby the said shoe is secured by a bolt or a rivet 5 to the vertical or body stay 6 which ordinarily assists in supporting the body of the barrow.

By attaching the shoe to the vertical or body stay 6 of the barrow a very rigid strong and durable structure is secured and owing to the detachable character of the shoe the life of the barrow is considerably length ened. Moreover as no fastening is required to the tubular frame-work the latter is not subjected to any weakening by the application of the shoe.

The shoe may be made of steel or iron or may be cast or forged and instead of being secured in place by riveting the lugs to the vertical stay these lugs may be bolted or welded to the stay or the shoe may be fitted to the curved foot portion without being attached to the stay or any other part of the barrow.

I claim 1. A shoe for applying to the curved foot portion of the leg of a metal framed wheelbarrow, said shoe. comprising a curved trough-shaped body portion formed in one piece, lugs upstanding integrally from the edges thereof, and means securing said lugs together across the curved portion of the foot.

2. A wheelbarrow comprising a body portion, a frame having feet composed of downwardly looped metal, shoes each comprising a curved trough-shaped member embracing a foot and having upstanding lugs, a stay extending from the barrow body to said lugs, and means securing the lower end of said stay to said lugs.

EDGAR SUHOFIFJLD. l Vitnesses:

JOHN HALFORD, DOROTHY WHITE. 

